(19)
(11) EP 1 484 671 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
28.01.2009 Bulletin 2009/05

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/50

(21) Application number: 04101997.7

(22) Date of filing: 07.05.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06F 3/12(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL HR LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 04.06.2003 KR 2003036126

(71) Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do 442-742 (KR)

(72) Inventor:
  • Oh, Jeong-seok, Jeong-seok OH
    Jangan-gu, Suwon-city, Gyeonggi-do (KR)

(74) Representative: Read, Matthew Charles et al
Venner Shipley LLP
20 Little Britain London EC1A 7DH
20 Little Britain London EC1A 7DH (GB)

   


(54) Peripheral with remote language setting


(57) Disclosed is a print apparatus and an automatic display language setting method. The automatic display language setting method for a print apparatus connected to a host device through a communication interface and communicating with the host device through the communication interface, comprises the steps of determining whether certain language information has been received through the communication interface from the host device; and setting up a display language of a print apparatus, if it is determined that the language information has been received from the host device, to display information on a display unit of the print apparatus in a language corresponding to the language information. Accordingly, since the present invention can automatically set up the display language of the print apparatus based on information provided from the host device, convenient manipulations of the printer can be provided to the users.







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